The Message
Director: Chen Kuo-Fu, Qunshu Gao
Genre: Thriller, World cinema, Historical fiction, Drama, Crime Fiction, Chinese Movies
Year: 2009
Country: China
Language: Standard Mandarin
Starring: Li Bingbing, Huang Xiaoming, Wang Zhiwen, Zhou Xun, Dahong Ni, Zhang Hanyu, Da Ying, Yihong Duan, Li Bingbing
The Message is a 2009 film directed by Kuo-fu Chen and Qunshu Gao.
The Message (Chinese: 风声; pinyin: Fēngshēng, literally "Sound of the Wind") is a 2009 espionage thriller set in 1942 Nanking, featuring a cast of top Chinese stars. The film was adapted from Mai Jia's 2007 novel, The Message (Chinese: 风声; pinyin: Fēngshēng), and was co-directed by Chen Kuo-Fu and Gao Qunshu.
The Message has received excellent reviews by critics despite of being a blockbuster itself and was nominated for a total of thirteen awards at the 2009 Golden Horse Film Festival, 2010 Asian Film Awards, 2010 Hong Kong Film Awards, and 2010 Hundred Flowers Awards. It won the best film award at 17th Beijing University Student Film Festival. Li Bingbing won the Best Leading Actress Award at the 46th Golden Horse Film Awards for her role as the code-breaker chief in this movie.
In Nanking 1942, following a series of assassination attempts on officials of the Japanese-controlled puppet government, the Japanese spy chief gathers a group of suspects in a mansion house for questioning. A tense game of "cat and mouse" ensues as the Chinese espionage agent attempts to send out a crucial message while protecting his/her own identity.
April 26, 1940, former Nationalist vice president
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